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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sagan</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="saga.html" title="saga"/><link rel="next" href="SAIL.html" title="SAIL"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sagan</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="saga.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="SAIL.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sagan"/><dt xmlns="" id="sagan"><b>sagan</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/say´gn/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from Carl Sagan's TV series <i class="citetitle">Cosmos</i>; think
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“<span class="quote">billions and billions</span>”] A large quantity of anything.
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“<span class="quote">There's a sagan different ways to tweak EMACS.</span>” “<span class="quote">The
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U.S. Government spends sagans on bombs and welfare — hard to say
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